/ ˌkæŋgəˈruː; NAmE / noun
( pl. -oos ) (also informal roo ) a large Australian animal with a strong tail and back legs, that moves by jumping. The female carries its young in a pocket of skin (called a pouch ) on the front of its body.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: the name of a specific kind of kangaroo in an extinct Aboriginal language of North Queensland.